Directed by Sophie Davis Review by Dominic Corr ★★★★ There are certain groups you can always count on to deliver excellence. Edinburgh University Footlights is one of those rare few. There’s something uniquely thrilling about watching this group of performers assemble onstage with nothing but the barest scaffolding of a narrative and the promise of … Continue reading Review: Edinburgh University Footlights Present Talk It Out- The Pleasance Theatre, Edinburgh
https://www.flickr.com/photos/204241173@N04/55175773286/in/dateposted-public/ Written by Eilidh Smith Songs by Rona Johnston Review by Dominic Corr ★★★★ Bathed in fury; burning with feminine rage and lyricism; there’s an undeniable thrill in watching a piece of theatre lean into its own fury with such gleeful theatricality, and with newly debuted Witches Corner at The Scottish Storytelling Centre, it does so … Continue reading Review: Witches Corner – The Scottish Storytelling Centre, Edinburgh
https://youtu.be/QlrZUaiyl88 Written by Alan SpenceDirected by Liz Carruthers Review by Dominic Corr Sailmaker on Tour ★★★★ There is something quietly seismic about watching Sailmaker unfold in the intimate setting of The Studio Theatre, where Alan Spence’s text (with many autobiographical elements), revived by The Gaiety in association with Beacon Arts Centre, finds a renewed emotional … Continue reading Review: Sailmaker – The Studio Theatre, Edinburgh
https://youtu.be/raqEXET3Yx8 Written and Directed by Izzy Gray ★★★★ Our fascination with the one thing we cannot control, death, leads to various stories twisting themselves into the gaps history leaves blank. It’s a powerful thing to craft a tale, to take autonomy over someone’s life and death – for millennia we can’t help but complete an … Continue reading Keepers of the Light – The Studio
Written by Iain McClure Directed by Kolbrún Björt Sigfúsdóttir ★★★ The lingering wills of lost children circle the peripherals of Iain McClure’s Childminder as the repression of memory and the invisible shackles which bind us play havoc with respected child psychiatrist Professor Joseph Croan, who carries with them a terribly troubled past in this richly complex piece … Continue reading Childminder – Traverse Theatre
